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Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us: Finding Your Way by Eye and Electronics

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ISBN-10: 0071372261

ISBN-13: 9780071372268

Edition: 2nd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Bill Brogdon

List price: $37.00
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The first common-sense guide to pleasureboat navigation, Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us is the first book to teach small-boat navigation the way experienced skippers actually do it, by combining electronic aids like radar and GPS with visual observations, simple chartwork, and common-sense piloting. It explains in plain, simple language how to find where you are and get where you want to go with a minimum of fuss, and it contains many little-known, low-tech methods specifically designed for use aboard small powerboats and sailboats. This new edition includes coverage of the many changes to navigation systems and equipment that have occurred over the past six years, including the…    
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Book details

List price: $37.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 2/20/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 7.30" wide x 9.20" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Captain Bill Brogdon (Cape Carteret, NC) served in the U.S. Coast Guard for more than 30 years. He writes regularly for major boating magazines and has twice received the Lawton Award for the most significant contribution to boating safety through the media.

List of Sidebars01
How We Navigate Going to an Object in Sight Course, Speed, and Time: The DR Finding the Boat's Position Electronic Aid-to-Navigation Systems Blending Visual, Instrument, and Electronic Information
Charts and Publications Charts Latitude and Longitude
Chart Scale and Projection
Chart Symbols
Direction and Distance
Depths
Chart Dates and Corrections
Great Lakes Charts
Charts for Rivers and Reservoirs Publications
Navigation Instruments and Equipment The Compass Direction
Variation and Deviation
Bad Compass, Good Course Depthfinders Types of Depthfinders
Depth Corrections
Choosing a Depthfinder Speed and Distance Logs Time Binoculars A Navigator's Kit Radar Radar Measurements: Range and Bearing
Aid-to-Navigation Systems Visual Aids to Navigation Color, Shape, Lights, and Numbers
Intracoastal Waterway Aids to Navigation Sound Signals The Global Positioning System and Loran-C Plotters
Additional Similarities and Differences
Accuracy
Coverage
Choosing an Electronic Navigation System
Choosing a Receiver
Differential GPS and WAAS Radiobeacons and Radio Direction Finders Racons Other Radionavigation Systems
Finding Where You Are Seaman's Eye Radar and Seaman's Eye Taking Departure Ded (Dead) Reckoning Time, Speed, and Distance Calculations Time
Speed
Distance
Doing the Calculations Mentally
Direction and Time Lines of Position and Fixes Objects for Lines of Position
Fixes from Lines of Position
Radar Lines of Position
Line-of-Position and Fix Errors
Ranges Estimated Positions Distance Off Electronic Navigation Systems Waypoints Measuring and Storing Waypoints with a Receiver
Plotting GPS and Loran-C Positions on a Chart
Position with Respect to Waypoints
Using Waypoints Measured by Another Receiver
Converting Waypoints from Loran-C to GPS
Corrections to Waypoint Positions Avoiding GPS and Loran-C Errors Check before Getting Underway
Electronic Position Jumps
Out of Tolerance Signals
Finding Where to Go Seaman's Eye Frozen Ranges
Steering Clear
Water Colors
Waves Going to Distant Destinations Electronic Navigation Systems Coping with Current Plotting
Calculating the Lead Angle
Shortcut Lead Angles
Practical Methods Following the Desired Track Using a Navigation Receiver Bearing to Waypoint
Cross-Track Error
Course Made Good
Estimated Time En Route
Scratch Waypoints
Staying in Good Water Losing Electronic Navigation Radar Blending Electronic and Visual Navigation Island Chains, Marshes, and Reservoirs River Navigation Night Navigation Navigation in Fog Radar for Collision Avoidance Collision Avoidance in Poor Visibility
Special Techniques Riding a Line of Position The Deliberate Miss The Electronic Navigation Hook Look Behind You Things That Go Wrong Signs of Trouble
Data Entry Errors
Different Bearings to a Waypoint
Shifting Waypoints
Which One Is Wrong?
Onboard Interference
External Interference
Moving the Receiver Long Distances
Cross-Track Error Jumps to Zero
How GPS Works
How Loran-C Works
Good, Bad, and Ugly Receiver Features
Glossary
Index